Heavy winds don’t deter marathon supportersFans huddled in heavy coats, hats and gloves lined the streets around Court Square in Long Island City to cheer on friends, family members and strangers running the New York City marathon. Waving s...

Shamrocks crush SupremeIt has been a perfect October for the NY Shamrocks, with their 6-1 win over NY Supreme at St Michael’s in Woodside on Sunday keeping them well in control at the top of Division Two. A fourth win ov...

Mixed results for ShamrocksAlthough it took them a little time to get up and running, the NY Shamrocks Soccer Club from Queens blew Port Jefferson away at St Michael’s Playground in Woodside on Sunday, firing five goals past...

New York team places third in NationalsA team from Queens representing the USTA Eastern Section took home third-place honors at the 2014 USTA Jr. Team Tennis 14-and-Under Advanced National Championships, held at the Cayce Tennis and Fit...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton's use of a personal email account for State Department business has prompted questions about secrecy and the rules that govern the communications of senior government officials.

A homeless man shot dead by police in Los Angeles was not French, a spokesman for the French foreign ministry said late Tuesday, contradicting a report in the LA Times. "On checking, this man is not a French national," the spokesman told AFP, adding that France had informed the US authorities. LA police chief Charlie Beck said the victim, who police have not identified, tried to grab a gun from an officer who was trying to restrain him on the city's Skid Row homeless district. On Tuesday dozens of people attended a protest outside LA police headquarters to condemn the killing and demand Beck's resignation.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Justice Department investigation found sweeping patterns of racial bias within the Ferguson, Missouri, police department, with officers routinely discriminating against blacks by using excessive force, issuing petty citations and making baseless traffic stops, according to law enforcement officials familiar with its findings.